Collada and Sketchup as import

M by magicalcloud_75 on 2 Apr 2021, edited 4 Apr 2021 #

Hi

Maybe (for whatever reason) i want to use some somebodies public creation that was originally modelled with Sketchup, and provided in Warehouse. I'm having a hard time bringein this in Blender. I can be done, but many times it crashes at importing or when applying a cutting / section box

What advice to reuse Sketchup modeldata? Dae, not ifc..

And a Legal note: Does Sketchup prohabit the use of dae / kmz / skp in orther 3D software ? Does anybody know?

"2. Use of 3D Warehouse

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This very nice model!

https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/df390cb072fdea56c934a307ee5ef65c/Koninginnebrug

M by magicalcloud_75 on 2 Apr 2021, edited 2 Apr 2021 #

To benefit on projects i will need 3 Blenders installed. Release 2.79b for .3ds export, and 2.8 for .skp and the current build to work with the lastest .ifc. That is not ideal. What is teh reason certain 3d fileformats seem to get skipped or 'forgotten'? Some addons are really crucial for design and construction. Does it have a technical or legal reason? Addons can't keep up the pace?

B by bitacovir on 2 Apr 2021 #

Addons are responsibility of their authors. Many things could happen that force a developer to quit an addon project.

S by stephen_l on 3 Apr 2021 # +1 votes

3ds format has many limitations, like 65535 tirangles / object maximum. As popular as it has been there is less interrest into work on such format importer/exporter anymore, until someone take time to do so.

M by Moult on 3 Apr 2021 #

Due to a number of shortcomings, we should never use the 3DS format if at all possible. I'm not surprised it is no longer supported. Once 3DS is out of the picture you can upgrade to >=Blender 2.8. Both the BlenderBIM Add-on and the Sketchup importer seems to work with the latest stable Blender version.

M by magicalcloud_75 on 4 Apr 2021, edited 4 Apr 2021 #

Yes, i see now ! Haha..

However, the Sketchup addon does notwork properly in the last Blender version. And also in earlier versions the export is mentioned but does nothing.